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Yes but its like Georgian Bay....big musky, but you can fish for 100 hrs and not see one. Second, what a HORRIBLE way to hold a musky. Since he's on the dock i assume he kept it. :-(

No idea on largemouth. There are a couple of backlakes in the area (hicks, hazel) thaant hold largemouth, but for the most part restoule does not. Its a deep rocky lake with little shallow/weedy structure for largemouth. In many years on restoule lake i have caught few (less htan 5) largemouth.

Anyone heard of Haliburton Lake (and know anything about it)? Have a buddy heading up for a week and is borrowing a rod and tackle from me. Have no idea what kind of fish so not sure what to arm him with....?

Restoule's has lots of smallmouth (if you like Largemouth there are better places), and its a great park (nice sites, good group/culture). I have not been to the others.

Am not positive but i think lead bans apply to sinkers, not lures. Loons ingest split shot but not likely to ingest spinner baits etc.

likely easier to just get non-lead at your local store then to get an MNR person on the phone. Besides, using something other than lead is a good thing.

Moderate, or the short one for carp.

interesting. Kind of like silver spoons in clear water and gold in tanned....? Thanks again for the help. MUCH appreciated.

Thank you!! Curious -- why white with green water, and yellow with tea-black water? I have never heard that...

I just can't believe people would fish near swimmers. :-) That would NEVER happen in Canada

Thank you! Its a small lake. Know how to find the thermocline, and structure that intersects. Jigging -- speed? How active? Stay parked, drift.....?

A small back lake near my cottage apparently has natural and stocked lake trout. I have not tried (much) for lakers on or main lake because its pretty big (10 miles long, a mile wide) and they're often spread out..... but on the smaller lake assume they'll be concentrated and finding them will be easier. Any recommendations for catching? Is it worthwhile to try in the summer/early fall months (jigging a hole?)....or should I wait til spring? Suggestions for bait/lures? I'm mostly a bass/musky/pile fisherman. Little experience with lake trout (those i have caught are inadvertent)

A few divisive comments about a cottager's right to the water. Lets be clear....i don't own the water. I don't own the fish under my dock. I know that. What i'm asking is -- please pay me (and others like me) the same respect you would for someone out in their boat. If you saw someone on their boat fishing, or a boat parked with a family swimming around it, and/or just parked would you troll close by? Would you stop and cast around them? I feel the same way about my dock. Treat me and my dock the same way you'd treat others with tehir boats out on the water. Keep in mind that i am an AVID fisherman. I go there primarily to fish....and even though i know that docks are amazing places to fish you'll never find me trolling closely to or casting into someone else's dock. I feel that strongly about it.

Not at all. From what i can tell most on the site either agree or at least understand (which i appreciate). Tone is lost on the internet.

HUGE fish. Wow.

What i'm asking is to be a human being and have some decency. When people are on the dock, why would you troll by? Or worse, stop and cast. Or even worse, troll by (and/or cast) when tehre are kids swimming. Its your right and i can't stop you....but seriously are you proud of that? There's LOTS of water to fish. I'm clearly not alone....MANY on this site feel the same way. So just know when you're fishing off a dock (esp. with people there) that you're likely irritating some people. I can't blame people on crowded lakes. When you buy a cottage there, you know what you're getting. But when the majority of my shoreline is undeveloped..... GbayGiant....nice of you to call me an jerk. Are you 12 yrs old?

Public domain, but you're not fishing there because its a great spot without my dock there. THere is MILES of shoreline that you could fish. You're casting because my dock IS there. Because of the structure it creates. Its not like I'm blocking you from fishing shoreline you'd be fishing otherwise. Further, while cottagers don't own the water we do care for it. We work to protect it. Our interests are the same as yours.

The sign is a good idea, but i think it would dissuade those who are respectful....and they're no the ones who bug me. I know its a fishing board. I spend more time fishing than any other sport or hobby. I just don't get why people find it okay to troll by or cast around my dock....especially when I'm there (on the dock, or the yard, or the deck). From my dock i can see miles of undeveloped shoreline. Fish there (like I do).

I have no problem with getting flamed. I spend a LOT of time on the water fishing, and believe me that I salivate at the opportunity to pitch a bait by others' docks (especially those in deeper water that I know hold fish).....but I resist. I never used to, but now having experienced it from the other side resist the urge. You're right -- most are respectful. Like everything, a few numbskulls ruin it for everyone. I had someone trolling along the shoreline this weekend. 5 or 6 kids swimming off the dock next door....yet the guy trolls by. Close enough that I cast out my line and hook his. He shouldn't be close enough to me casting off my dock that our lines tangle. He CERTAINLY shouldn't be doing so when there are kids swimming beside his line. The lake is more than a mile wide. Last summer i had friends swimming off of mine and a guy trolls by really close. I cannonball off my dock (admittedly with a bit of a run) and basically soak him and his passenger. If you're close enough to get wet from people swimming (or within 30 feet of it) then you're too close.

Most of the doctors working to cure cancer do so because they are trying to save lives, not make $$$. If there were any validity to this, i'm sure there would be LOTS of doctors behind it. Further, i find it incredibly convenient that the biggest disease to hit the human species (exponentially more has been invested in fighting it than any other) could be cured with the simplest of substances. Just a little too convenient (and thereby interesting).

I know its generally considered good form to fish around/under cottagers' docks. They (and the boats tied to them) provide shade and structure, and that attracts fish. Makes sense. Problem is more often than not that dock belongs to a cottager, and this is one cottager asking you to please don't fish around my dock. Don't troll closely by. Don't stop to cast around or under it. Please. I know I don't own the water around my dock, and that you're completely within your rights to fish around my dock. Just remember that..... - I bought my cottage on a lake with 80% undeveloped shoreline for a reason, and the experience I was hoping for has little to do with having you parked in front of my place. - you and I both likely drove for HOURS (likely through traffic) to get to a relatively undeveloped lake. So on a 10 mile long lake with LOTS of open and relatively untouched places WHY are we spending our wknd 30 feet apart from one another? (me at/in my cottage, you parked in front). - there are people swimming (often kids) in front of my dock when you troll by. Have some respect for their safety at the very least. Seriously -- my lake is a mile wide (and 80% undeveloped), and twice this year have had boats/lures cruise within 6 feet of people swimming. Sorry for the rant. Just remember that when you troll closely by a dock or stop to cast around/under it, there's likely a cottager JUST LIKE ME looking out at you who is very irritated. I know we don't own the water, and you have every right to fish wherever you want....but please try to be considerate to us.

I love it......"so called climate change".

Why kill them? That's just ignorant.

Early morning and evening are best. Some have caught during the day on topwaters, but for hte most part I'm sure everyone would agree that first and last 2 hrs of the day are best. Also when there's a change in environmnetal conditions (ie. before a storm). ANd for those who haven't caught fish on topwaters -- would bet they fished during the day. As for lures -- the rapala is great. Zara Spooks are by far my favourite. Fewer fish, but bigger (not sure why) and harder hits. Also the small jitterbugs skittered across the surface (not just the pop-pop-pop jitter).

The museum in Toronto uses a bug/beetle room to clean carcasses....some of which are relatively big.